Jaleh Amouzgar
Jaleh Amouzgar (Persian: ژاله آموزگار, born 2 December 1939 in Khoy, West Azerbaijan) is a world-class Iranist and a university professor.
Life
Amouzgar holds a Ph. D. degree from Sorbonne University in Iranistics (Iranian linguistics).[1] She is currently chairman of the department of Ancient Iranian Culture and Languages at Tehran University.[2]
Prof. Amouzgar in collaboration with Prof. Ahmad Tafazzoli has contributed significantly to Ancient Iranian studies and the history of literature in ancient Iran.
She is also associated with the Encyclopædia Iranica project at Columbia University.[3]
She has won numerous awards including Chevalier of the Legion of Honor[4] and Persian Cypress Award (an Iranian Cultural Heritage Prize) in 2016.[5]
Works
- Zoroastrian myth of life
- Pahlavi language, literature and instructions
- Mythological history of Iran
- The first samples and the first man on legendary Iranian Shahriyar (translation)
- Le Cinquieme Livre Du Denkard, Ahmad Tafazzuli (Translator), Peeters, 2001-01-01, ISBN 978-2-910640-09-5
See also
References
- ^ "Le cinquième livre du denkard" (in French).
- ^ http://cws.ut.ac.ir/Publications/WomensResearch/Womensresearch.aspx
- ^ http://www.cgie.org.ir/images/Contributions.pdf
- ^ http://www.tehrantimes.com/news/404004/Iranian-linguist-Jaleh-Amuzegar-awarded-Chevalier-of-the-Legion
- ^ http://www.irna.ir/fa/News/82367423/
External links
Categories:
- Iranologists
- Iranian linguists
- Iranian academics
- Iranian historians
- Ethnic Azerbaijani historians
- University of Paris alumni
- University of Tehran faculty
- 1939 births
- Iranian Azerbaijani academics
- People from Khoy
- Iranian Azerbaijani linguists
- Living people
- Iranian women academics
- Iranian expatriates in France
- Asian linguist stubs
- Iranian academic biography stubs